The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced a box office start list for the Miami T100 at CLASH Endurance Miami on 9 March, 2024.
Led by an intriguing match-up between PTO World #1 Anne Haug (GER) and #4 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR), the 20-athlete field on the women’s race will also feature PTO World #6 Kat Matthews (GBR), #7 Paula Findlay (CAN), #8 Daniela Ryf (SUI), #9 Imogen Simmonds (SUI) and #10 Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR).
The full line up of contracted T100 athletes can be found here and includes:
Anne Haug (GER)
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
Kat Matthews (GBR)
Paula Findlay (CAN)
Daniela Ryf (SUI)
Imogen Simmonds (SUI)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Skye Moench (USA)
Tamara Jewett (CAN)
India Lee (GBR)
Holly Lawrence (GBR)
Lucy Byram (GBR)
With 12 of the 20 athletes contracted to the T100 Triathlon World Tour deciding to race in Florida, it means there is an opportunity for 8 wildcards, which the PTO will announce tomorrow, Friday 1 March.
The men’s race features 14 of the top 17 PTO World Ranked athletes, led by #2 Magnus Ditlev and a very strong contingent of Americans, including #3 Jason West, #9 Sam Long and #23 Ben Kanute, who will all be aiming for a win on home soil. It will also see reigning Ironman World Champion France’s Sam Laidlow as well as two-time Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee from Great Britain.
The full line up of contracted T100 athletes can be found here and includes:
Magnus Ditlev (DEN)
Jason West (USA)
Sam Long (USA)
Pieter Heemeryck (BEL)
Ben Kanute (USA)
Sam Laidlow (FRA)
Daniel Baekkegard (DEN)
Mathis Margirier (FRA)
Rudy Von Berg (USA)
Leon Chevalier (FRA)
Bradley Weiss (RSA)
Clement Mignon (FRA)
Aaron Royle (AUS)
David McNamee (GBR)
Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
Javier Gomez (ESP)
Rico Bogen (GER)
Eyeing the perfect opportunity and venue - where he won last year - to get his T100 racing off to a winning start, Jason West can’t wait to get on the startline. “I want to be the first World Champion at the 100km distance, so winning again at Homestead-Miami Speedway would get that ambition off to a positive start,” said the American, who is fast becoming many pundits’ pick to win the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour and is also the subject of the PTO’s Countdown To Miami T100 documentary alongside German star Anne Haug.
With 17 of the 20 athletes contracted to the T100 Triathlon World Tour deciding to race in Florida, it means there is an opportunity for 3 wildcards, which the PTO will announce tomorrow, Friday 1 March.
On Saturday 9 March, the broadcast will begin at 1300 EST. The men will race the 100km course (2km swim; 80km bike; 18km run) at the Homestead-Miami Speedway first, starting at 1315 EST and then the women from 1650 EST. The course includes 2.25 laps of the lake, 22 bike laps of a 3.54km circuit and then 7 run laps to finish.
Fans can watch exclusively live from 1900 CET in Europe on Eurosport, via PTO+ for the rest of the world and on Max in the US, and on TriathlonLIVE.tv in certain territories. In total, both races will be live around the world in 195 territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters such as CCTV in China and ESPN in LATAM.
A reminder of how the T100 Triathlon World Tour works
- Each contracted athlete must complete a minimum of 5 races plus the Grand Final. Although racing obligations for athletes who’ve qualified and will compete in the Olympics have been reduced.
- Athletes to score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each race
- The Grand Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
- Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Grand Final will count towards the the inaugural women’s and men’s T100 World Championship
- $250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $2,000,000 across the eight races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $16,000; 3rd – $12,000 at each race)
- The series winners following the Grand Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $210,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000